Midweight Textile Designer - World's Finest Luxury Textiles & Fabrics in London

If you’re a creative textile designer with a love of weave, this is an outstanding opportunity to take ownership of the fabrics side of an internationally recognised luxury brand’s design studio.

Perhaps you’re in a larger studio where you only get to contribute to one part of the process. You’ve got more ideas than you’re able to use, and you’re ready for real ownership, creative freedom and the chance to make a visible impact.

NOTE: this role is office-based at our design studio in Windsor, Berkshire, 30 mins by train from Richmond.

We’re now looking for a talented Midweight Textile Designer to join our Windsor studio and help shape the next chapter of our woven fabric collections.

The Role at a Glance:

• Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
• Windsor, Berkshire | Fully Office-Based | Parking Available | Direct Rail Links from Richmond, Putney & London Waterloo
• Full Time – Permanent | Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm
• Reporting to: Design Manager
• Sector: Luxury Interiors | Premium Textiles | Woven Fabric Design

Your Background / Skills:

• Woven Textile Design
• Weave Structures
• Fabric Development
• Furnishing Fabrics
• Collection Development
• Yarns & Natural Fibres
• Colour & Texture
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD
• Mill Collaboration

Your Role in the Story:

Our studio is small, close-knit and full of ideas. It’s three of us: our Design Manager, an accessories designer, and you. Just as our accessories designer owns accessories, you’ll take ownership of fabric development and run with it, freeing our Design Manager to focus on management, strategy and planning.

Weave sits at the heart of what we do. You’ll take fabrics from first inspiration through to sampling, production and launch, experimenting with structure, yarn, colour and texture, and working closely with specialist mills and artisans to bring your ideas to life. Our look is distinctive and quietly confident, so you’ll channel your creativity into the de Le Cuona aesthetic, pushing boundaries while staying true to who we are.

With two collection launches a year, plus bespoke projects and exclusive collaborations with other luxury brands, there’s plenty of variety. If you want to get involved in sourcing, supplier meetings or presenting collections to our sales team, the opportunity is there.

What success looks like:

• Design original woven fabrics, exploring structures, yarns, colours, textures and finishes.
• Manage fabric development from concept and sampling through to production and launch.
• Provide creative and technical direction to mills, suppliers and artisans.
• Oversee timelines, specifications, deliveries and documentation, including SAP and launch trackers.
• Research trends, innovations and range opportunities through archives and trade shows.
• Source innovative yarns, fabrics and materials.
• Present concepts using Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD.

About You:

You’re a passionate, imaginative designer who understands how woven cloth is made and gets a buzz from seeing ideas become finished products. You’re as comfortable managing the practical detail as you are pitching new ideas, and in a small team you bring a genuine can-do attitude.

You’ll bring:

• Typically 3+ years in a textile design role within a UK design studio, ideally in luxury interiors or furnishing fabrics.
• Hands-on woven design experience. If your background is mainly print, time in a weave studio is essential.
• A strong understanding of weave structures, yarns, fabric composition and manufacturing processes.
• Experience taking fabrics from concept to launch and working directly with mills or manufacturers.
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
• A portfolio showing original ideas and launched or finished woven work.
• Willingness to travel in the UK and internationally, and the right to work in the UK.

Highly Desirable:

• Woven furnishing fabric experience with a recognised interiors or textile brand.
• Experience across both print and weave, for example within a larger textile house.
• Experience with SAP or similar systems.

What’s on Offer:

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare
• Company Pension Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Ongoing Career Development
• Exposure to Industry Events, Specialist Mills and Luxury Sector Networking
• Bespoke Projects and Exclusive Creative Collaborations
• A Collaborative Creative Studio in the Heart of Windsor

Why Join de Le Cuona?

This is your chance to own the fabrics side of a celebrated luxury studio, where your ideas shape entire collections, not just one stage of the process, and all without the London commute.

Please apply with your CV and design portfolio, ideally including woven fabrics or collections you’ve helped develop from concept to finished product.

We look forward to hearing from you.